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I am not going to spend time here decrying Final Cut Pro X. There are plenty of others that are doing that. I am sure that there are many iMovie customers who will love the features in FCPX. What user of Final Cut Studio wouldn’t love 64 bit architecture, the speed, background rendering and many of the new features? If they had just added 64 bit and background rendering and put out a new release professionals would be jumping for joy. However, since FCPX is incompatible with previous projects it leaves us in the lurch.

Getting a refund is not as simple as going to the Apple Store. Since you bought it from iTunes it is subject to the iTunes refund policy, which is essentially no refunds. However, since it is Apple’s first ‘Pro App’ they are making some exceptions.

If you are at all interested in film or video you know already that Apple’s Final Cut Pro has a 95%+ approval rating from its users and 54% market share. Tuesday Apple announce an update from Final Cut Pro 7 with their release of Final Cut Pro X. Evidently they think it is so good they are skipping over versions 8 and 9. As Apple likes to say, “Everything just changed in post.”